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...touch downs every five or ten minutes. The second did not score. This work of the 'varsity was excellent, considering the strong centre put up against them by the second eleven. Shea showed marked progess, and kept the 'varsity's centre very busy. Corbett played a brilliant game at half-back, rushing with his old ardor. He does not, however, always judge the ball well when it is coming down on a kick, and sometimes, when he has caught the kick, he tries to return it after he has been tackled and drops the ball. These faults seem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball Practice Yesterday. | 11/11/1891 | See Source »

...Brewer, half-back on Hopkinson eleven and champion interscholastic runner enters Harvard next year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/10/1891 | See Source »

...Harvard men whose pictures are given are: D. S. Dean '91, quarter-back on last year's eleven; W. A. Brooks '87, captain and centre-rush of the '87 team; E. J. Lake '92, half-back last year and this; B. W. Trafford '93, captain and full back this year; V. M. Harding '89, quarter-back on '88's eleven; J. Corbett '94, half-back last year; P. D. Trafford '89, right-guard for four years; A. J. Cumnock '91, captain and end rush last year; and R. M. Appleton, captain and centre-rush of the '84 eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "American Foot Ball." | 11/6/1891 | See Source »

Hopkinson - Left end, Stevenson; tackle, Watson; guard, Hallowell; centre, Russell; right guard, Shepard; tackle, Shea; end A. Brewer; quarter-back, Paul; right half back, Fairchild; left half-back, Howland; full back, C. Brewer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hopkinson 26; Ninety-five 0. | 11/4/1891 | See Source »

Rushers - Lad 1, McDonald, Blake, Whitney or Lee, Williams, Beals, (capt.), Weed; quarter-back, H. Cabot; left half-back, Borden; right half-back, Gardiner; full-back, Hoag...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninety-four vs. Ninety-five. | 10/28/1891 | See Source »

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